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senator udall. >> good morning, gentlemen. thank you for appearing here today. i also want to add my voice to those here, mr. secretary, in thanking you for your long service to our country and we wish you well as you return to your farm and your grandchildren in california. general, i'd like to look more broadly at the challenges that we face in africa. and i want to acknowledge that on september 11, 2012, when this tragic incident occurred, that you were fighting a war in afghanistan, you were conducting counterterrorism missions all over the globe, training troops, patrolling our skies and seas, hunting war criminals and providing humanitarian relief. and despite that enormous mission load, you've clearly taken the deaths of these four state department employees in benghazi to heart as if they were your own. and we will learn from this, we will do everything possible to assure it doesn't happen again. secretary clinton made that clear in her compelling testimony over the last weeks and i know you share that point of view. so, again, turning to africa, i know
senator udall. >> good morning, gentlemen. thank you for appearing here today. i also want to add my voice to those here, mr. secretary, in thanking you for your long service to our country and we wish you well as you return to your farm and your grandchildren in california. general, i'd like to look more broadly at the challenges that we face in africa. and i want to acknowledge that on september 11, 2012, when this tragic incident occurred, that you were fighting a war in afghanistan,...
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. >> senator udall. >> good morning, gentlemen. thank you for appearing here today. i want to add my voice to those here, mr. secretary, in thanking you for your long service for country. we wish you well as you return to your grandchildren in california. i would like to look more broadly at the challenges we face in africa. i want to acknowledge that on september 11, 2000 12, when this tragic incident occurred, -- what he 12, when this tragic incident occurred, you were conducting counterterrorism missions all across the globe, hunting war criminals, providing humanitarian relief. despite the enormous mission load, you have clearly taken this to heart. we will learn from this. secretary clinton made that clear in her compelling testimony, that it will not happen again. i know you sure that point of view. turning to africa, i know that we have conducted the training, develop partnerships over a number of african militaries for years. in north africa as well as this hell. -- in north africa. how they're going to help us deny extremists a foothold in this part of the w
. >> senator udall. >> good morning, gentlemen. thank you for appearing here today. i want to add my voice to those here, mr. secretary, in thanking you for your long service for country. we wish you well as you return to your grandchildren in california. i would like to look more broadly at the challenges we face in africa. i want to acknowledge that on september 11, 2000 12, when this tragic incident occurred, -- what he 12, when this tragic incident occurred, you were conducting...
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udall asked you. would you object to, and if so, why, to a public release to a declassified version of the committee's report? >> i would give such a request for declassification every consideration. there is a lot of information and those volumes with a lot of potential consequences as far as its public release. at the same time that we have a commitment to take care to, we also have a tremendous commitment to making sure that we keep this country safe by protecting its secrets. there are a lot of equities and operational activities, and it has to be looked at carefully. >> i would just say i agree with you that sources and methods and many of the operational details absolutely should never be declassified, but there is some basic principles in that report that i think is going to be very important for history to be able to judge. i would urge you to look closely at that. senator levin asked about waterboarding. let me follow up. in november 2007, you were asked if waterboarding was torture, and you
udall asked you. would you object to, and if so, why, to a public release to a declassified version of the committee's report? >> i would give such a request for declassification every consideration. there is a lot of information and those volumes with a lot of potential consequences as far as its public release. at the same time that we have a commitment to take care to, we also have a tremendous commitment to making sure that we keep this country safe by protecting its secrets. there...
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senator udall. >> thank you. i'm going try to do it fast. one more run at the same issue. nobody wants to talk about it. it could be argued that there are two attacks, one on the compound, one on the annex. i'm not sure how close they were together. lee assume it's one of the possibility. let forget about the compound. just the annex attack. the intelligence community has said that it's irresponsible for any terrorist professional not to know that it was a planned terrorist attack at the moment of the rpg and the six coordinated mortars took place. i think almost everyone else agrees with that. it happened on the same day or the morning after because it was the middle of the night. secretary panetta, do you believer that unequivocally at that time we knew that this was a terrorist attack? >> there was no question in my mind that it was a terrorist attack. >> okay. good. i was going to say that and i appreciate that honest answer. and that took place -- that real decision took place at the time that the rpg and the sophisticated things such as the car neighedded attack took
senator udall. >> thank you. i'm going try to do it fast. one more run at the same issue. nobody wants to talk about it. it could be argued that there are two attacks, one on the compound, one on the annex. i'm not sure how close they were together. lee assume it's one of the possibility. let forget about the compound. just the annex attack. the intelligence community has said that it's irresponsible for any terrorist professional not to know that it was a planned terrorist attack at the...
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udall asked you. would you object to, and if so, why, to a public release to a declassified version of the committee's report? >> i would give such a request for declassification every consideration. there is a lot of information and those volumes with a lot of potential consequences as far as its public release. at the same time that we have a commitment to take care to, we also have a tremendous commitment to making sure that we keep this country safe by protecting its secrets. there are a lot of equities and operational activities, and it has to be looked at carefully. >> i would just say i agree with you that sources and methods and many of the operational details absolutely should never be declassified, but there is some basic principles in that report that i think is going to be very important for history to be able to judge. i would urge you to look closely at that. senator levin asked about waterboarding. let me follow up. in november 2007, you were asked if waterboarding was torture, and you
udall asked you. would you object to, and if so, why, to a public release to a declassified version of the committee's report? >> i would give such a request for declassification every consideration. there is a lot of information and those volumes with a lot of potential consequences as far as its public release. at the same time that we have a commitment to take care to, we also have a tremendous commitment to making sure that we keep this country safe by protecting its secrets. there...
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udall asked you. would you object to, and if so, why, to a public release to a declassified version of the committee's report? >> i would give such a request for declassification every consideration. there is a lot of information and those volumes with a lot of potential consequences as far as its public release. at the same time that we have a commitment to take care to, we also have a tremendous commitment to making sure that we keep this country safe by protecting its secrets. there are a lot of equities and operational activities, and it has to be looked at carefully. >> i would just say i agree with you that sources and methods and many of the operational details absolutely should never be declassified, but there is some basic principles in that report that i think is gonna be very important for history to be able to judge. i would urge you to look closely at that. senator levin asked about waterboarding. let me follow up. in november to a dozen, you were -- 2007, you were asked if waterboarding
udall asked you. would you object to, and if so, why, to a public release to a declassified version of the committee's report? >> i would give such a request for declassification every consideration. there is a lot of information and those volumes with a lot of potential consequences as far as its public release. at the same time that we have a commitment to take care to, we also have a tremendous commitment to making sure that we keep this country safe by protecting its secrets. there...
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short one and a long one, and while i was there i was delighted to see senator wyden reading, senator udall came in the room, and i hope every member will avail themselves of this opportunity to review those opinions. i also intend to review the proposals for regulation -- for legislation to ensure that drone strikes are carried out in a manner consistent with our values and the proposal to and a lot of the foreign surveillance court. finally i wanted know how the nominee intends to lead agency said four directors served since 2004 and what he sees as the major challenges. for the information of members, we will have rounds of questions of eight minutes each, and members will be recognized by seniority, alternating between the sides. members have requested the opportunity to ask mr. brennan questions that will require classified answers as well. so we have the ability to move to a classified session following this hearing if it is timely and we're able to do so. my suggestion is that we play that ear by ear, mr. vice chairman, and see if it is possible to do so. if it is not, we will have a
short one and a long one, and while i was there i was delighted to see senator wyden reading, senator udall came in the room, and i hope every member will avail themselves of this opportunity to review those opinions. i also intend to review the proposals for regulation -- for legislation to ensure that drone strikes are carried out in a manner consistent with our values and the proposal to and a lot of the foreign surveillance court. finally i wanted know how the nominee intends to lead agency...
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senator udall really razzed and did some pretty uppity trash talk. but we with our usual pride and gentility weathered the storm. and i could not believe it. i thought the game was over. i was ready to kick back and call my sister when oh, wow, there goes flacco for that 70-yard toss and it was a touchdown. you know, i'm short and chunky but i was ready to do cartwheels around my condo that evening. then on to dealing with the new england patriots, all the way up to the super bowl. and we were out there winning again, and then the lights went out in new orleans, but i tell you, even though they went out for 38 minutes in new orleans, the lights were all over in baltimore and we were purple. we were purple with pride and purple with joy. and we were so pleased that they brought us a victory, not only on the playing fields of the national football league, but you know what else they did? it created a sense of community, a sense of energy. if you came with me like to one of our great other major league institutions, johns hopkins, or you were up at the
senator udall really razzed and did some pretty uppity trash talk. but we with our usual pride and gentility weathered the storm. and i could not believe it. i thought the game was over. i was ready to kick back and call my sister when oh, wow, there goes flacco for that 70-yard toss and it was a touchdown. you know, i'm short and chunky but i was ready to do cartwheels around my condo that evening. then on to dealing with the new england patriots, all the way up to the super bowl. and we were...